Rema of Kraków
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Rema of Kraków was a prominent 16th-century Polish rabbi and halakhic authority best known for his influential glosses on the Shulchan Aruch.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rema of Kraków canonical | 3 |
| Rema of Cracow | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2515302 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rema of Kraków Context triple: [Moshe Isserles, alsoKnownAs, Rema of Kraków]
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A.
Kazimierz
Kazimierz is a historic district of Kraków known for its rich Jewish heritage, medieval architecture, and vibrant cultural life.
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B.
Mikolaj
Mikołaj is a given name of Slavic origin that corresponds to the English name Nicholas.
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C.
Jan Szczepański
Jan Szczepański was a Polish mountaineer known for participating in pioneering high-altitude ascents in the Andes.
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D.
Violetta Helena Krakowska
Violetta Helena Krakowska was a spouse of a member of the extended Einstein family, connected by marriage to the lineage of physicist Albert Einstein.
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E.
Kowale Oleckie
Kowale Oleckie is a village in northern Poland that serves as the seat of its local administrative district within the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rema of Kraków Target entity description: Rema of Kraków was a prominent 16th-century Polish rabbi and halakhic authority best known for his influential glosses on the Shulchan Aruch.
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A.
Kazimierz
Kazimierz is a historic district of Kraków known for its rich Jewish heritage, medieval architecture, and vibrant cultural life.
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B.
Mikolaj
Mikołaj is a given name of Slavic origin that corresponds to the English name Nicholas.
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C.
Jan Szczepański
Jan Szczepański was a Polish mountaineer known for participating in pioneering high-altitude ascents in the Andes.
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D.
Violetta Helena Krakowska
Violetta Helena Krakowska was a spouse of a member of the extended Einstein family, connected by marriage to the lineage of physicist Albert Einstein.
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E.
Kowale Oleckie
Kowale Oleckie is a village in northern Poland that serves as the seat of its local administrative district within the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
16th-century rabbi
ⓘ
Jewish legal scholar ⓘ Polish Jew ⓘ Talmudist ⓘ halakhic authority ⓘ posek ⓘ rabbi ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Moshe Isserles
ⓘ
linked to:
Rabbi Moshe Isserles
Rabbi Moses Isserles ⓘ
linked to:
Rabbi Moshe Isserles
Rema ⓘ Rema of Cracow ⓘ
linked to:
Rema of Kraków
|
| birthYear | c. 1530 ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Old Jewish Cemetery in Kazimierz, Kraków
ⓘ
linked to:
Remuh Cemetery in Kraków
|
| commemoratedBy | annual pilgrimages to his grave on Lag BaOmer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Poland ⓘ |
| deathYear | 1572 ⓘ |
| education | Talmudic studies in Kraków ⓘ |
| era | Early Acharonim ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ashkenazi Jews ⓘ |
| familyName | Isserles ⓘ |
| father |
Israel Isserles
ⓘ
linked to:
Rabbi Moshe Isserles
|
| fieldOfWork |
Halakha
ⓘ
Talmud ⓘ |
| givenName |
Moses
ⓘ
Moshe ⓘ |
| hasPlaceNamedAfter |
Remuh Cemetery
ⓘ
Remuh Synagogue ⓘ |
| influenced |
Ashkenazi halakha
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later posekim ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ |
| mainWork |
Glosses on the Shulchan Aruch
ⓘ
linked to:
Shulchan Aruch commentaries
HaMapah ⓘ
linked to:
Mappah
|
| movement |
Ashkenazi Judaism
ⓘ
linked to:
Ashkenazi Jews
|
| notableFor |
authoritative rulings for Ashkenazi halakhic practice
ⓘ
integrating Ashkenazi customs into the Shulchan Aruch ⓘ |
| notableIdea | harmonization of Sephardi and Ashkenazi halakhic traditions ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Darkhei Moshe
ⓘ
Responsa of Rema ⓘ
linked to:
Responsa
Torat HaOlah ⓘ |
| partOf |
Polish–Lithuanian Jewish community
ⓘ
linked to:
Polish Jews
|
| placeOfBirth | Kraków ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Kraków ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
head of yeshiva in Kraków
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rabbi of Kraków ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| spouse | Golda ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rema of Kraków Description of subject: Rema of Kraków was a prominent 16th-century Polish rabbi and halakhic authority best known for his influential glosses on the Shulchan Aruch.
Referenced by (4)
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